Good food is good mood

A super busy week, an improvised diner for 8, less than 3 hours on D day to prepare everything, but no stress, I have everything under control! It has been a long weekend, frankly, I am a little bit tired, and have no energy to go into details as I usually try to do when … [Read more…]

An unexpected journey to Lyon, a cooking magazine bought quickly at the station right before the train departure, a craving for fish, and more particularly salmon, and here is the “Salmon blanquette” recipe that I found in my magazine! (lucky me! 😛 ) Ingredients for 4 portions: 800 g of salmon filets (skinned) 300 g … [Read more…]

Those cookies are a little bit unusual, but the mix between the pine nuts, the orange flavour, and the chocolate is an amazing combination. I was inspired by a recipe I found on a French cooking blog (www.leconfitcestpasgras.com) but I customised the recipe, as I didn’t have all the ingredients at home. Ingredients for 16 … [Read more…]

Sometimes you want to be brave in your kitchen and try new ingredients, new recipes, and some other times, you just need something simple and comforting. This recipe is my grandmother’s, and after feeling a little bit down the whole week, I thought that might help to cheer me up a little, reminding me of … [Read more…]

This recipe is a calling for all the aubergine lovers! A good friend of mine invited us for diner a while ago, and she made this Lebanese version of the moussaka. As a true aubergine lover myself, I left her house that night, with the recipe. I am sure she won’t mind if I share … [Read more…]

That’s the second recipe I am posting since New Year, and with it all my traditional good resolutions of January are thrown in the bin. But I can’t resist the creaminess of the lemon cream, enhanced by the crunchiness of the pastry base. I defy you to blame me after trying this lemon tart! 😛 … [Read more…]

I haven’t done any soup for ages! I haven’t done a lot of cooking generally speaking full stop actually. Which is a shame as I had that recipe for a while now, and have done it a few times already, and it is the same success every time. I hope you will like it as … [Read more…]

« Loubieh bi zeit », means literally “beans in oil”, even though there is not so much oil in this recipe, or at least not in the way I do it. I have to say it is not my favourite mezze, but still, it is an easy one to do, and typical from the Lebanese cuisine. I … [Read more…]

I have this recipe from a book I received a couple of years ago. What I like in this little book, is that all the recipes are about chocolate! And even if I haven’t tried them all yet, as I am trying to pace myself and not go crazy over the chocolate, there are some … [Read more…]

Even though the weather is more about warm soup, I couldn’t miss the last melons of the season, especially with this recipe which is a little bit unusual, so easy to make, and super tasty! Ingredients for 6 ramequins: 1 melon (about 400 to 500 g of flesh) 1 large mango (about 250 g of … [Read more…]